I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
In a sharp rebuke of Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera (whose office will announce next Tuesday’s election results), five of New Mexico’s major newspapers endorsed state Sen. Diana Duran, Herrera’s Republican challenger.
Secretary of State Mary Herrera declined to respond to allegations made by three of her former staff members in an interview with The Independent on Friday, saying she hadn’t seen “the exact allegations.”
“I haven’t seen what they’re claiming.…
Things just keep getting worse for embattled New Mexico Secretary of State Mary Herrera. Last night, in an incredible report, KUNM’s Jim Williams talked to current and former employees who describe the office as “dysfunctional.” And that was the nicest…
An internal U.S. Department of Energy investigation found that Los Alamos National Laboratory and its federal managers have repeatedly skirted nuclear safety rules at plutonium labs, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
Mexican consul Gustavo de Unanue has accused city…
A disgraced former judge and State Police sergeant will be Rio Arriba County‘s next Sheriff.
Tommy Rodella defeated six rivals for the nomination, winning with 26 percent of the Democratic primary vote, the Rio Grande SUN reported…
A delay in reporting Rio Arriba County election results Tuesday night was due to a connection failure between the County’s automated election system and the Secretary of State’s office, according to County Clerk Moises Morales.
Deputy County Clerk…
Despite a court order, the Jemez Mountain School District still has not allowed the Rio Grande SUN to inspect all checks written between 1999 and 2002 by former District business manager Kathy Borrego, the SUN reports.
Rep. Janice Arnold Jones and APS Superintendent Winston Brooks are among the recipients of the 2010 William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Awards given by New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (NM-FOG).
Jemez Mountain School District must disclose embezzlement-related financial records to the Rio Grande SUN by Saturday, District Court Judge Sheri Raphaelson has ruled, rejecting the District’s contention that disclosure would interfere with law enforcement.
The Rio Grande Sun published new details from its interview with former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar today, going with a great deal of depth into his allegation that there are “elements of corruption” in the Secretary of…
The Rio Grande Sun, Española’s hard-hitting newspaper, called out the Jemez Mountain School District board in an editorial over the weekend, demanding that board members resign en masse.
The paper’s editorial comes after revelations in mid…
